Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-25
TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR
q Woman of Vigorous Constfufi"n
MysserioasIy Afflicted with the Dread

MysterioasIy Afflicted with the Dread
Disease.
81 LOUIS. October GA well-deflned case OF
I1aprosy has been discovered in this city by DR..
enn-Durnesnn the famous authority on skin
~ The paiient Eliza Creighton, Is a small
m of brunette complexion and vigorous con-
rion. Her husband Is iaooring man, and is
e,daIia She has hsd two children. boy and a
MI She was married at Nineteen, and a year
later the disease manifested itself and began %
cau-e her great discomfort. Large ana various
colOred blO;ches appeared on the skin OF her face,
hands feet. arms and ankles, burning andiJchIng.
she was then engaged N homework with family
living on DaytOn street Out she became so III that
after trying number OF simpl remedies for skin
eruptiOns she had To quit her position and stay at
her home on Cass avenue For the next four years
sne consulted various physicians and received
treafment from them, but was never told what the
dlseaSe was, nor benefited. The spots OF irritation
grew steadily, continually Involving more surface.
The constitutional effects varied. Sometimes she
feit herself wei enough 20 work and dtts 80, but
most % the tine she remained az home Her boy
did of diphtneria, and her girl was born, healthy
and with ho trace Of the disease from which the
% tn age OF i've years, and has vet shown no
sign that she has Inherited the dis ase.
THE DISEASE pETERNISED.
Mrs Creighton was rapidly growing worse, and
was beginning TO spend most OF her time In bed,
when DIR. Ohmann- Dumesnn heard OF the case
through the husband and became Interested
enough In IL 10 take ~ IN his charge. lie hId Dten
visiting the patient only "A few DAYS when he dag
rrtiOuoed his attention and treated the oman Tor
leprOsy. He found then that the disease Ltd De-
come 20 far advanced that 10 was possible 70 noe
many Of the symptoms which are stplraDle
frum it, and are found in no other paih0ioSlcA
case The nerves had entirely lost their sensitive
ness In the parts affected winch had assumed q
co1dixon OF anaesrhesa- The flesh was lnse.tslbie
TO pain The woman frequently, In attending 70
her household duties. burned her hands ABOUT tie
kitchen, and dit not know IL until she siW inc
blister. A neeIle could be driven INTO the n'sh OF
her lace ana she would not know IT, Ine patches
OF flesh involved IA the leprOsy assulned SCANS
which peeled on at the touch. ,,.,
'The case Is not Of special interest 10 PHYSICIANS
because IL l. lepTOsy,- said Dr. Ohnann-Dl
Dut because n - the first case OF the disease that
has ever been known IN Missouri and In ST Louis
LeprpSy before this has been dl>cOVerei only
among the Chinese Of san Francisco and New
York the Norwegfans Of the Northwestern states
and territories and the Louisiana negroes. All OF
THIS has been Imported into this country. i don't
Know now this woman got the disease. She Is
American for two generations: has we'd all or her
life In this country, and most OF u IN 81 LOUIS SNe
came here originally from Mississippi / cannot
md thai she has ever come into COutGt with lep-
rosy IN any place where she has been. The case
involves danger TO the public health, as leprosy
Is lot contagious"